On 11/17/2010 3:16 PM, John Hasler wrote:
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. writes:
Licensing under the GPL and charging for granting a license (not just
reasonable distribution costs) is compatible.

Charging whatever the market will bear for a copy is permissible.
Charging for a license is not.


That's splitting hairs. I expect RMS would disagree, but in real terms, what's happening is when you get a copy, you agree to the terms of the license, or don't use it. The copy comes with baggage, and charging for one means charging for the other. They are forever inseparable.





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